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Rating: 2/10 (4 November 2013)

The only reason I did not give this a 1 is because I should have known better. It begins with a fairly lame premise, starts out slow and then kind of just falls completely apart. No direction, no plot, no point, just flashy lights. Big whoop-de-doo.
I am bitterly disappointed in Guillermo Del Toro - everything else I have seen of his has been so brilliant.
However, I should have known better - the key words were there, the idea of giant mecha battling giant monsters, please, I am sure I lost at least 30% if my IQ watching this.
If your are a pre-adolescent boy (or girl), who doesn't really fit in, and would prefer living a virtual life to a real one, then this is probably a movie for you.